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Palladius system

Palladius system proper noun: a Cyrillization scheme for Chinese.

Proper noun

Palladius system

  1. A Cyrillization scheme for Chinese.
    • The Russian transliteration is based on the palladius system.1989, Arthur Matthies, Transkriptionen der chinesischen und japanischen Sprache / Transliteration Tables of Chinese and Japanese, page 16
    • The phonetic transcription of the Chinese ideograms in Roman letters was transformed into Cyrillic by transforming the Wade–Giles system into the Palladius system.2019, Andrei Bronnikov, “Making the Epic New: Notes on the Russian Translation of The Cantos”, in Literature of the Americas, number 7, →DOI, page 463

Origin of Palladius system

After the monastic name of Pyotr Kafarov, Russian monk and sinologist, the inventor of the system.

Questions about Palladius system

What does Palladius system mean?
Palladius system means a Cyrillization scheme for Chinese.
What part of speech is Palladius system?
Palladius system is a proper noun.

Words near Palladius system in the dictionary

  1. palladiumized
  2. palladiumizes
  3. palladiumizing
  4. palladiums
  5. Palladius
  6. Palladius system
  7. pallado-
  8. palladoan
  9. palladoarsenide
  10. palladobismutharsenide
  11. palladobismutharsenides

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